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- Summary: Released two years after the international breakthrough hit Only by the Night, Come Around Sundown continues Kings of Leon's journey into the upper echelon of mainstream pop/rock, with super-sized choruses and guitar heroics thrown in for good measure.
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- Record Label: RCA
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
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A single book of matches is gonna burn what's standing in the way. Running down the mountain, now they're calling on the fire brigade. Carry out the... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 13 out of 27
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Mixed: 12 out of 27
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Negative: 2 out of 27
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Oct 22, 2010Kings Of Leon's fifth album, Come Around Sundown, is just as much of a crowd-pleaser as Only By The Night, but the four Followills bring back more of the chasing-a-whim personality of their earlier albums.
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UncutThis time out, the band wants you to have an experience, and that's what you get, on a record that's over the top, wildly inventive and satisfying in the ever-deepening way of landmark longplayers from the last century. [Nov 2010, p.89]
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With its redemptive sins, Come Around Sundown ends up being a portrait of light and dark worthy of the rock and roll bible.
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Oct 22, 2010It's all a show with Kings Of Leon, and there's nothing they yearn for more than the chance to exercise their sexual prowess.
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Dec 21, 2010While enjoyable and familiar, this set of songs reflects a band who knows what music they don't want to be making but haven't--at least, not yet--determined what it is they want to be defined by instead.
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Ultimately, too many of these tunes are rehearsal room grooves in search of a hook.
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Come Around Sundown is musical wallpaper for those who purchase such amenities from the likes of Tesco or Asda. It represents little more than a giant turd amidst a sea of mediocrity, several million of which will shortly be appearing in homes near you.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 31 out of 50
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Mixed: 7 out of 50
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Negative: 12 out of 50
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